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Peoria Lawmaker Wants Registered Apprenticeships At Local Schools

A downstate lawmaker looking to offer high school students other opportunities besides college. 
 
37th District State Senator Chuck Weaver wants to see career focused apprenticeship programs set up at local schools. That’s the push behind his Senate Bill 3226. 
 
 
The Peoria Republican’s legislation would direct the Illinois State Board of Education to establish guidelines allowing local high school students over the age of 16 to enroll in registered vocational apprenticeship programs. Also, the United States Department of Labor would have to sign off on the programs.
 
Weaver’s legislation has won approval in the Illinois Senate and now awaits action in the Illinois House. 

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